1980 Fender P-Bass Antigua Finish

PunkRockBassist · **Posted:** November 22nd, 2011, 3:23 pm

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-1980-Fende ... 2316ba98bc

AzWhoFan · **Joined:** March 14th, 2008, 10:57 am **Posts:** 2866

Nice! You don't see those every day. I'm not 100% sure the capacitor is original. I had a 1980 Pbass and I seem to recall having a smaller sized Orange drop cap.

And IIRC, Olivia is Duane Allman's widow. Not sure if she's still associated with the business tho. The store used to have one of the best Ric collections on the country, tho I don't know where they are at with that these days.

Addison · **Joined:** June 15th, 2009, 8:03 am **Posts:** 1341

Oh, god I want that so bad.

:cry:

PunkRockBassist · **Posted:** November 22nd, 2011, 4:04 pm

Addison wrote:

Oh, god I want that so bad.

:cry:

I know it is pretty wicked 8-)

slybass3000 · **Posted:** November 22nd, 2011, 4:15 pm

I think I have seen this one before.

Isn't it a 78 from the serial #?

Frenchy-Lefty · **Posted:** November 22nd, 2011, 9:15 pm

Agree, I think it was on Ebay before. This Antigua finish is at the same time horrible and incredibly attractive. I love it!

AzWhoFan · **Joined:** March 14th, 2008, 10:57 am **Posts:** 2866

Yeah, Antigua doesn't photograph well at all. But I do like the look of it in person.

Jeroen · **Posted:** November 23rd, 2011, 5:34 am

slybass3000 wrote:

I think I have seen this one before.

Isn't it a 78 from the serial #?

Yes, the serial number would date it back to 1978, but necks with S8-serials were used up to the early 80s.
If you scroll down you'll find a picture of the neck heel and neck pocket. Somehow someone at Olivia's deciphered the barely readable stamps and dubbed this an '80

ThaBassment · **Posted:** November 23rd, 2011, 7:25 am

Dear god I want it! :shock:

AustinLeftyBass · **Posted:** November 23rd, 2011, 7:36 am

I remember when the Antigua finish came out, I absolutely hated it.

andrew · **Posted:** November 23rd, 2011, 8:29 am

I also really dig Antigua finish. People tend to either love it or hate it about 50/50, I'm pleased to see there's more fans of it here than not.

Addison · **Joined:** June 15th, 2009, 8:03 am **Posts:** 1341

The past few years I have gone ga-ga over non-typical finishes... especially the really ugly 70's colors like mocha brown and antigua...

Troy Sanders from Mastodon has a Custom Shop P/stacked-J 4-string in silver burst and I frikkin' LOOOOOOOOVE the look of it....

Frenchy-Lefty · **Posted:** November 23rd, 2011, 10:28 am

This antigua finish looks like some military equipment used by the Nazi's during the North African campaign. It's so kitsch it's hip.

Retag · **Joined:** July 15th, 2008, 9:33 pm **Posts:** 224

andrew wrote:

I also really dig Antigua finish. People tend to either love it or hate it about 50/50, I'm pleased to see there's more fans of it here than not.

Put me into the hate column. :twisted:

pjmuck · **Posted:** November 23rd, 2011, 11:01 am

For me, it all depends on the shade of antigua finish. I like them when they're more on the silvery side, but many yellow over the years and turn to a lovely snot yellowish green.

Here's a lefty '78 Antigua Jazz. Pretty snotty, IMO:

http://www.hendrixguitars.com/Lh102.htm

PunkRockBassist · **Posted:** November 23rd, 2011, 12:22 pm

hows the price on it? does it seem fair? price seemed kinda high to me but that is a rare color what do you guys think?

Agent00Soul · **Posted:** November 23rd, 2011, 1:21 pm

Frenchy-Lefty wrote:

This antigua finish looks like some military equipment used by the Nazi's during the North African campaign. It's so kitsch it's hip.

Genius!

andrew · **Posted:** November 23rd, 2011, 2:53 pm

Addison wrote:

The past few years I have gone ga-ga over non-typical finishes... especially the really ugly 70's colors like mocha brown and antigua...

LOVE mocha finish, always have!

NoXX · **Posted:** November 23rd, 2011, 6:12 pm

Addison wrote:

The past few years I have gone ga-ga over non-typical finishes... especially the really ugly 70's colors like mocha brown and antigua...

Troy Sanders from Mastodon has a Custom Shop P/stacked-J 4-string in silver burst and I frikkin' LOOOOOOOOVE the look of it....

Wow...... very cool!! :shock:

tallboybass · **Joined:** March 12th, 2008, 9:40 pm **Posts:** 242

Frenchy-Lefty wrote:

It's so kitsch it's hip.

...and so hip it's kitsch.

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